Principal – Truman Campus Career Academy, Internet Academy, and Open Doors

About the role

The mission at Truman Campus is to provide access to three innovative small school programs on one caring campus in an independent and individualized environment. Truman Campus provides the opportunity to work with individual student scholars through Career Academy, Open Doors, and Internet Academy.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a mission and vision focused on shared goals and high expectations for all students.
• Create a culture of belonging and inclusivity where all students, families and staff feel valued and cared for providing wraparound services and positive academic and/or behavioral supports as needed.
• Facilitates collaborative processes leading toward continuous improvement.
• Lead for inclusive programming for students qualified for special education services and those learning English as a second language and or any other exceptionality.
• Implements rigorous standards-based curricula and assessments.
• Create a vision of powerful teaching and learning, with an urgency to provide a strong foundation for all students to thrive academically and socially.
• Recognizes the importance of setting high expectations for self, staff and students in the implementation and delivery of standards-based curricula.
• Aids staff in implementing and aligning curricula to state and district standards.
• Creates and monitors systems that ensure teachers utilize formative assessments to adjust instruction for improved student learning.
• Designs and implements horizontally and vertically-integrated academic systems and structures with an equity and inclusion lens to accelerate student growth.
• Uses relevant data to design, implement, and evaluate an aligned strategic plan that drives continuous improvement (and ensures effective core instruction and interventions).
• Regularly leads and participates in data driven conversations with individuals and groups of teachers to review student level data, discuss instructional implications, and build the capacity of teachers to lead and perfect their craft.
• Locates, analyzes, and interprets multiple data sources to inform continuous school level improvement efforts.
• Aids staff in identifying and implementing proven instructional practices that are aligned with state and District learning goals.
• Ensures that data for diverse student populations is available to all teachers; disaggregated; and with next steps that are clearly defined.
• Provides evidence of student growth that is aligned with the school improvement planning process.
• Implements a school safety plan that is based upon open communication systems and is effective and responsive to school needs and changing circumstances.
• Supports the development, implementation, and monitoring of plans, systems, curricula, and programs that support the whole child.
• Supervises student discipline and welfare and maintains records of individual disciplinary actions.
• Collaborates with counselors and teachers in promoting and maintaining appropriate classroom management.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in approved college program
• Two years' experience as an assistant principal or in other leadership positions
• Valid Washington State Principal credential
• Valid Washington State Teaching credential

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous principalship/administrative/coaching/mentoring experience
• Experience in developing and facilitating engaging professional development for staff
• Experience working diverse student populations
• Experience with Project Based Approach, integrating technology in instruction, Standards-Based Education, Common Core, PBIS, and GLAD
• Experience in building the capacity of others regarding anti-racist and inclusive practices
• Experience with the real-time use of data to provide timely interventions for student scholars
• Experience with cognitive coaching, consensus, and team building
• Experience in standards-based curriculum
• Experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating school-wide programs
• Bilingual in Spanish

Required Qualifications

• Complete the Right Response training at the advanced level at the next available class and maintain certification annually
• Knowledge Of Equity based mindset and lens, experience transforming outcomes for students and school communities
• The use of instructional frameworks as a driver of feedback and coaching, supervising, selecting, training, motivating, monitoring and evaluating certificated and classified staff
• Providing leadership and guidance to staff and to educational programs
• Conflict management and problem resolution
• Budget planning, monitoring and administration
• Planning, organizing, prioritizing, scheduling and evaluating programs
• Current educational research and application
• Effective decision making
• Student behavior management and discipline
• Assessing educational/instructional/curricular effectiveness and recommending improvements
• Team building
• Computer and related application programs
• School board policies and procedures
• Ability To Demonstrate a high level of proficiency with computers and technology
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills both organizationally and instructionally
• Organize and perform job responsibilities efficiently and independently
• Demonstrate effective written and oral communications with a community of diversity to include students, staff, parents, and community members
• Enhance systems thinking
• Conduct crucial conversations with staff and encourage colleagues to have conversations with each other
• Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines
• Develop and maintain positive customer relations with staff and service providers
• Work collaboratively with District staff and promote teamwork with coworkers
• Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct including the requirements of confidentiality
• Work side by side and foster strong, positive relationships with parents, staff, students and the public in a multicultural and multiracial community
• Facilitate building consensus decisions while maintaining a focus on learning for all students
• Implement school and district policies
• Inspire staff and colleagues to have conversations with each other